TBA
A.K.E. CREW
(DONALD THOMAS)
DIARYLYNNMUSIC
G.A.J.
HANNIBAL
FREEBASE ENT.
SG BOYZ
(LORNE SHIELDS)
DRAG
EMANUEL
KC MERCHANT
ADJUST
POITIER POCKETS
DOUBLE EDGE
SUPA EMCEE
A-LIST
NO SHADE
SKEPTIK
JB3
DRAYK
NEWSENSE
CHRIS TERRY
(TERRON NELSON)
UNRULY RECORDS
(GUY BANKS)

Once upon a time music was regarded as a form of art.  To some it still is.  To others its just a form of entertainment.  Today's youth are parented by this entertainment.  Whether music or television, society is being driven by those that control what goes over the airwaves and on our television sets.  We don't choose how they entertian us, they choose.  No longer is the art of music being decided by the masses, its being decided by the few.  Often we are force fed clay "artists" who were molded for the soul purpose of making them more money.  Companies like Clear Channel do not improve the quality of music.  They support it's demise.  Right now one of the most popular new artists on the radio is M.I.A.  For many of us who hate industry music, we already had all of her albums, especially the one that is getting her radio play now... only we had it 2 years ago.  Yes that song is that old.  The industry is in trouble.  They lost touch with the art form that is music.  Now they are scrambling to catch back up.  For now they will take the obviously advanced artists in this new wave of music, but soon... they will begin to create artists as well.  M.I.A., Santogold, Cool Kids, Wale, Kid Sister, etc are all deserving artists.  How long will it be before they make another Nelly.  The first person I consider being a 100% industry created rapper.  While I am happy the artists that I like, and have booked / worked with in the past are now finally going to make the money they deserve.  Another part of me is scared.  Scared that the industry will create artists like they are now like the pathetic Soldier Boy, Plies, etc... Thus ruining about the only new music coming out that I can even still stomache other than the occasional Indie Rock groups. 

If you think that what Clear Channel has pushed on it's stations for the past decade is still art or worthy of being called music.  Then don't bother paying entrance to a museum.  You'll be satisfied with the art work at your local chain resteraunt or cheap hotel. 

Alright... I'm going to describe the night as best that I can. 

Nick and I both had our different duties on the night.  Mine was to drive back and forth from the airport to Skully's, to the costume stores, and restaurants to make sure our DJ's were taken care of.  Nick's was to get the party going and make sure the decorations up.

So after I picked Nada and Catch up from their hotel naps, we had some Rossi where Jokers of the Scene met up with us.  Food was chronic as always so we walked back to Skully's preparing for debauchery.  Nada and I had already planned on getting outta control. 

By the time we got to Skully's there were already many people dancing.  100 people had already been clocked at the door... all this by just barely past 11.

Now this is where things start getting interesting. 

Even the early crowd was tanked.  Didn't matter, the barely legals showed up that way.  Mostly in teeny skirted costumes, never noticing their skirts were completely exposing their thongs.  Nope... didn't take any pics of that. 

So we all start getting tanked to catch up with everyone.  Tom a host from Cinci seems somehow obliterated already.  Instead of hosting, he's signing karaoke on the mic, much to the dismay of those in attendance.  Once we mute the guy the dancing erupts.  People are throwing me props towards the Cinci DJ !dentity left and right now.  However, Nada requests some minor hype, and the guy is once again on the mic.  This time around he is doing much better job and you can tell the guy is trying.  I mean, everyone is now going pretty wild and singing.  I can only image what it would be like if everyone had a mic as well.

Hottub chicks also begin joining in on the mic shouting, and some dude strips down to his boxers and begins swinging from the stage curtains and hanging speakers before he finds more interesting in humping the floor and air wildly. 

Hottub does their thing, with only 1 of the actual members there.  There were still 3 of them... just only 1 was a real Hottub.  Abrezy I believe her name was, was very cool, hype, fun all that.  The other two... mean mean mean!!!  One of the girls was so nasty she left a sidekick at the bar at the end of the night, doors are locked, and they wait till she goes home before they admit they found the sidekick.  No joke... mean chick had it coming.

So where were we. 

Alright, let's skip to Catchdubs.  He's up, he's rock'n Nada is jock'n.  Girls love that guy I'm serious.  This is where it gets wild.  Somehow a bottle of raspberry vodka makes its way to the stage and we begin passing it around until it's tanked.  Costume party time!

So we gotta get this costume contest going.  I mean, costume $$$ is a must.  That's BAD on your name to promise $500 and not give it out.  Skully is surprisingly drunk cuz he's having a wild time too, but he makes up 6 envelopes for me. 

Now it gets tricky.  How to stop the music without a riot!  The answer that I found out was that you can't.  Not with that crowd!  So I pull the 6 best that I can see in the crowd up, and attempt to have a vote.  They cheered for the first costume... but by the time I said second costume is... the riot began.  Nobody would cheer for the contestants, they just wanted Catch to spin.  People started throwing plastic cups and it started raining beer and ice.  Mini mosh pits erupted in nearly every corner of the room with people demanding the music returned.  So I did all that I could... voted on the costumes myself and got that shit back on.  However not before losing my keys.  That sucked. 

So now with the dance party back under way, people regain some sort of civil ness, but the ice continues to rain down on the crowd.  People start throwing parts of their costumes and parts of other people's costumes.  Fake drawn on tattoos and makeup begin to bleed and run all over everyone's bodies from the beer and liquor showers. 

That's where I blacked out.  People were dumping drinks down each other's throats and all over each other.  I seriously think the outside cash bar got looted because somehow a sea of beer and liquor made its way inside the place.  The next thing I knew, the lights were turned on and the door staff was screaming at everyone to get out.  Which wasn't working... at all. 

We finally got cleared out, settled up, and it was off to the after party's.  Nick took a crew to a house party north of campus, I took one to the Gypsy Cafe.  That's where I begin to get mum on things.  You just had to be there to experience the great times until 5 in the morning.  Props to Dinosaur and Dave Espionage for that killer set down in the basement... HUGE props to Gypsy Cafe for letting a wild crowd in there in the first place.  I thought they would be mad at us... but exact quote from the manager.. "you guys really know how to party!".

Urban Friday was every Friday @ High Five and it featured local hip hop and rap talents.  From January 5th to August 31st.  That's 35 shows.

Thanks to Urban Fridays, High Five was voted Best Place for Hip Hop by the readers of the Columbus Alive.

Urban Friday was sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon

Here's a list of some of the performers that were booked for Urban Friday...

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Paid In Full

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A.O.I

A-List

Alphabetics

Apocalypse Inc.

Apollo Sun

Big Hurt

Big Shel

Blessed

Boomy

Bottom Brick

Bplus

Brain Trauma

Broadcast Live

Bruce Wayne

Bullzeye Clique

Bum Wealthy

Chalkline

Citi Boyz

Corli

Da Camp

Da Difference

Damien Voxx

Dante Innferno

D-Baby

Deep C

Distinct1

DJ Carma

DJ Caz

DJ Cheese

DJ Con Artist

DJ E-V

DJ Inform

DJ Redsun

DJ Zeno

Dominique Larue

Dre Fire

D'stinguished Gentlemen

D.Y.N.I.

Emperial

Envy Records

Espiahi

Grimm D

Harvey Dent

Highlight Ent.

Ill Poetic

Illogic

Intalekt

InterChemistry

J Rawls

Jerreau

Jimmi Pynk

JoWeed

Jthoro

Juice

Kadiz

Kamel

Kin-Folk

King Isadore

K-Luv

K-Mac

K'Rigga

La Boyz

Lauren Ashley

Lefty

LES Crew

Lil Kutty

LivLiveEnt

Los

ManMan

Mechie

Message

Minority Report

Mr. Flip

Ms. Nikki

NesWordz

No Screwz

Noxtradamas

Nstinx

Ol Scandalous

Ominbreed

One Hood

Problem Child

Profetik

Project: Defective Unknown

Q.G.

Rainwater Family

Rawdawg

Ray Deuce

RiCo

Sintex

Stereo Star

Street Kor

Sun Rise Above

Taneal

Tay-G

TC Fly

The Ace Boyz

The Midas Touch

Thought Set

Thunda

Tony Hussel

Trump Tight

Ugly Fellaz

We Blows Music

Wild Kyle

Thanks to everyone that came out and supported.  Thanks to the High Five for putting up with us, especially me.  Thanks to all the performers, 107.5, the Columbus Alive, Melt Magazine, Other Paper, and PBR for sponsorship and press.

It's been a serious debate lately in my head.

I don't wanna... but it almost seems as if I should.

Then again.  I might just make a private profile out there somewhere and give it out just to my close friends.  Erase all of my reg pictures on this site... and go back to the old way.  When Schoolboy was still faceless. 

What do you think?  I'd much rather have my name and what I do be known, than my face.  Just doesn't seem to be the way it's done this day and age though.  Seems like if I blasted my face all over Myspace, on my own posters, and all that lame stuff... there'd be a LOT more people out there who know who I am.  Is that really a good thing though?  Depends.  Since I laugh often at those that use their own face/image to promote themselves instead of their reputation and their actual work, guess that would be hypocritical of me. 

Guess I answered my own question.  New private profile coming soon.